The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1956 Page: 21 of 24
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Congratulations
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Alvin State Bank
On Your
5Oth Anniversary
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house
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important
appai ent
in Alvin.
The site is now being used by
the Pearson Chevrolet Co. as a
used car lot.
ng the K Leo Kemp-
le i j nt for a short
who still
o.ik and a lead-
ba ker; W. L.
Ga cos-ton multi-
died only a rela-
ag who was one
■ kl -Iders: Sealy
rge Sealy, John
: net and D. W
also were among
Alvin State Bank
Looking Toward
Growth In Future
jng Alvin and Its Neighbors Since
1906.”
Robert Ingram was the presi-
dent of the Alvin State Bank and
E. S. Atkinson was its first cash-
ier.
Terms of the early presidents
were short, and in 1907 T. H. Ness
succeeded Mr. Ingram, and John
Atkinson became cashier. The
two Atkinsons are believed to
have been brothers.
George H. Sweeny became pre-
sident in 1907, and C. W. Clawson
was named cashier in 1908.
In 1908 a name familiar to
present-day Alvin residents enter-
ed the bank picture. It was that
of S. O. Smith, the father of Ah in
Grocer S. O. (Bo» Smith, who be-
came president. He served until
about 1913 and died in 193-V
Mr. Browning became cashier
of the bank in 1912. and sometim*
between 1913 and 1915—records
are not clear—succeeded Mr
Smith as president of the bank
and also became cashier at th<-
same time.
The services of Mr. Browning,
of course, covered a. period of
many years, until R. Lee Kempner
became president in 1943 tor a
short period.
Mr. Bi owning died In 1945, bu’
bun F
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u-etlie anus of S O. Smith,
g and W. E. Steele
Hate th bank’s J<0-year his-
served the
st president, names
her ta of leaders figure
bank's re-
li bank’s full personnel—Mr. Brown-
I ir>)I. W. E. Steele and a Mr Platt,
II who was’ the bookkeeper.
I In 1909 a young man who Inter
II was to have a leading role in the
11 history of the Alvin State Bank
I joined the staff of the bank as
assistant cashier He was W E.
Steele. He first became a stock-
holder of the bank in 1913. In
i 1943 he was named cashier after
| R. Lee Kempner became presi-
dent.
Mr. Steele succeeded Mr Kemp*
I ner as president in 1944 and serv-
ed in that capacity until he was
followed in 1953 by W. G Hall,
I who is the present president. Mr.
Steele died shortly after leav ng
I the bank, on January 25. 1954.
Mrs. Steele, a leading Alvin
citizen, is chairman of the recep-
tion committee for the Alvin
State Bank’s 50th anniversary
I celebration and will preside over
I ■ the hostesses at the open house.
I Miss Verna Browning is honorary
J J chairman.
charter ' the Alvin State Bank.
Miss Browning recalls
fN SUN| ALVIN- TEXAS ft THURSDAY. JAN. 26. 1956
(Of Well Known Old-Timers
History Of Alvin’s State Bank
: the Alvin State
I ■orful as that of the
; veil-dotted with
ons widely respcct-
.,n t banking circles
n and throughout
th Alvin State
lin e, dates back
when the bank
te from the
Commission and
. eor-imemorat-
■vith an all-day .... o_____ ... .„,w,
1 i. day, Jan. that proud name in Alvins his
I tory is continued by his daugh-
• xistence ter. Miss Verna Browning, who
15, r. t 12®
ipparently! tains an intere t in activities of
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because {
nqe the app^jjS
The Alvin State Bank, pro-id of
its history during its fir t 50
years of service to Alvin and its
neighbors, is looking forward to
even greater growth as the com-
munity enjoys greater prosperity
during the next 50 years.
On the eve of the all-day open
house marking the 50th anniver-
sary of the Alvin State Bank. W
G. Hall, president, reminded that
the bank owns the half-block
bounded by Gordon (Highway 35>.
Hardie and Sidnor Streets, and
that the property is being held
for the future building site of the
bank.
Mr Hall said that he anc the
other directors of the bank are
so thoroughly convinced of the
future growth of Alvin and its
ares that they feel it necessary
to have adequate plans for fu-
ture facilities when the bank’s
needs outgrow the present build-
ing.
“We feel,” Mr. Hall asid, '"hat
there is not a sounder or better
community on the Gulf Coast, and
this bank shall keep pace with
the community’s banking needs.
We shall continue to provide Al-
vin with sound and progre dve
service and modern and conven-
ient banking facilities.**
The bank’s future site
.• the charter! the Alvin State Bank. way 35. i< on an
■k as such Miss Browning recalls that at thoroughfare and the
ir til 1906, and' one period in the bank’s history, Lne of the growth
metto “Serv-only three persons served as the
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IMPOR’CP ’-E e>€A5- A DUBLIN IPFLANO
ZOO! TM«- REASON ? THE DUBLIN L JN5 MA7BEEN
(N CAPTIVITY AND VWOUlO BE BETTE® A&lE
STAND ZOO LIFE THAN THE NAT ,E
--AFRICAN VJUBCTY.
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TURKEY VS. EAGLE
Sf sen FCANKUN mad MI5 WAY. OUR NATIONAL
6VMEOL WOULD HAVE PEEN TMg UMtK&t R.AT-4CR
THAN THE £AS££ BEN SAO/TUg TURKEY IS a MKH
fAOPt mPECTAAie B1RD ANO W THAL A TR.F
I OA/GIHAL NATtve Of ANfglCA
supports.
According to Walter Whitehill,
manager of the Harris County
Agricultural Stabilisation and
Conservation office, the follow-
ing is the choice that farmers
will have:
Two-thirds of the growers must
vote in favor of quotas in order
for the referendum to carry. The
voting will not determine if acre-
age allotments will be accepted or
net No matter what the outcome,
farmers will have allotments with
th^m for another year.
If the refrendum*carries Mr.
Whitehill said, those producers
who plant in excess of their acre-
age allotment will lose supports
and will be penalized 50 per cent
of parity on the overplanted por-
tion of land
The penalty is actually a money
fine, much the same as that paid
for a traffic violation.
Farmers who cooperate
program and do not
plant will be eligible for govern-
ment price supports at 75 per cent
Ji
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Rice Farmers Will Ballot Jan. 27
In Marketing Quota Referendum
The nation’s rice farmers will
once again go to the polls Jar.
27 to vote on an issue that will
vitally affect their buiness.
That issue is the rereferendum in
which growers will decide whether
or not marketing quotas will be
inieffect on the 1956 rice crop.
This year, the referendum pre-
sents a situation that will require
a bit of study and thought before
the farmer casts his vote. Acreage
quptas have been cut 15 per cent
anji government price supports
ha/e been lowered to about 75 per
: , i ■ ■
Texas’ acreage share for 1956
has been cut to 421.360 acres
which is not quite as severe as
the national allotment. The aver-
age price support rate for the
coming year is about 97 cents
less than that for 1955.
It becomes a question of wheth
er a grower can come out better
if there are strict acreage allot-
ments and higher supports or
acreage allotments with no over-
planting penalties and low or no
JT^EASY
THHT 5 H FRIT
Consratulations
to
on your
50th Birthday
Peursmi A|]|ili<iii(*t* I‘ii.
1
Congratulations
■r
I
And
BEST WISHES
For Eantinuiid
SUCCESS HUD PROSPERITY
Pearson Iheurolet liompanv
On Your
50th Anniversary
Alvin State Bank
To
Our Congratulations
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To
Ivin State Bank
For
FIFTY YEARS
DUTSTRI1DII1G BRIIRinG 5ERVKI:
to nium nno tommuniTV
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within his allotment, he
rice is raised on the allott-
I’I
<1
d<>es
’5 per cent of parity, the
support price will be
$6.50 per barrel, Mr White-
of 100 acres, he loses price sup-
port on the whole acreage but is
ower who does cooperate | not assessed a marketing quota
er plants 200 acres, or an excess repn - ntc-d by yfcur vote. Minor
ity rule is never true represent:
tion, o lets all turn out ind
vote,” he said*
of par ty As long as the producer
stays
will mt be fined no matter how
ynuch
ed aci eage.
At
average
about
hill sa d.
Suppose the refrendum
not carry.
In tpis case, he said, no farmer
will h|e penalized in dollars and
cents ion acreage planted in ex-
cess cf his allotment. The pro-
ducer, who does not comply with
his acreage share will lose all
price supports assistance, while
the
penal y.
| Th( farmer will get 50 per « nt
of parity if he does not over] 1; nt
his a loted acreage.
Only those farmers who had
a share in the 1955 rice crop will
be allowed to vote. The wives of
these growers will also be eligible
to ca: t ballots.
Mr. Wh.itehill urged all eligible
farmers to participate in the r
ferenc um.
Remember. those who ’-ote
■ will t ecide the outcome of the
1956 referendum. Be sure you arc
will be eligible for price supports I
at 50 per cent of parity.
As an example, suppose a farm-
er has an acreage allotment of
100 acres. If quotas are voted in
and he plants 700 acres, he will
lose supports on the entire 200
acres and then be penalized on
the 100 excess acres’
But when this farmer stays
within his allotment, there is no
penalty and he can get 75 per
cent of parity for his crop.
In the pvent the referendum {
fails to carry and this same farm-
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Bowen, A. E. The Alvin Sun (Alvin, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1956, newspaper, January 26, 1956; Alvin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1245147/m1/21/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alvin Community College.